“Chinatown Is Now a Mass of Ruins”: How the racial violence of 1880 was reported in Denver
The Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection (CHNC) recently reached 3 million digitized pages! The collection contains…
Colorado Historic Newspapers
The Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection (CHNC) currently inclu
des over 600 newspaper titles published in Colorado from 1859 up to 2021. Newspapers within the collection come from throughout the state, and include papers published in English, German, Italian, Japanese, Servian, Slavic, Spanish, and Swedish. CHNC provides access to over 2,000,000 and growing, digitized pages from these newspapers. Digitization of additional newspapers continues through a local fund-raising model with contributions made by local libraries, archives, museums, and other organizations. Newspapers are digitized from microfilm or from the original newspaper. For more information about the CHNC, see our help and forums page. To explore the database of over two million pages of historic newspapers, check out CHNC yourself.
To explore Colorado and Wyoming Newspapers, check out the Plains to Peaks Historic Newspapers.
Not Your Average Publication! New and Unique Additions to CHNC
The Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection (CHNC) team recently added two new publications — Camp and…
CHNC Reaches 3 Million Pages: Thank you for the Support!
Two years ago, almost to the day, I wrote about Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection (CHNC)…
When the Black Panthers Denver Chapter Leader Made TV History
The Black Panther Party (BPP) was a left-wing Black power political organization founded by Bobby…
Free Access to Digitized Historic Newspapers: Colorado and Beyond
Most of you know that Colorado offers free online access to historic newspapers through the…
Rocky Mountain JIHO: Japanese American Life in Colorado
The Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection (CHNC) recently added the Rocky Mountain JIHO, 1969-1997, to the…
Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection 2022 Fast Facts
Check out the first Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection Fast Facts report by LRS here! The Colorado…
Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection: Adding Newspapers to Your Library Catalog
Do you want to provide access to free historic newspapers directly from your library catalog?…
2023 Support for Newspaper Digitization
The CHNC New Content Support Program for newspaper digitization is designed to help cultural heritage…
University of Colorado Receives Grant to Digitize Colorado Daily Student Newspaper
This guest post was written by University of Colorado Boulder, University Libraries Archives. The University…
2022 Support for Newspaper Digitization
CHNC New Content Support Program 2022 Has it been a whole year already? Time does…
The Denver Public Library Brings the Rocky to CHNC
The Rocky Mountain News (RMN) was Colorado’s oldest newspaper. Founded by William Byers during the…
19th Century Colorado Feminist Newspapers, The Antelope and The Queen Bee
On August 18, 1920, the Nineteenth Amendment to the Constitution became law and American women…
CHNC: New Lower Pricing for Newspaper Digitization
The Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection (CHNC) has recently lowered its pricing for…
Important Tips and Tricks for Correcting CHNC Text
Since 2015 there have been 827 CHNC users who have corrected over 5,521,820 lines of…
A Window to History: News from Amache – Colorado’s Japanese Concentration Camp
Camp Amache, also known as the Granada War Relocation Center, was a Japanese concentration camp…
April 23: CHNC Reaches 2 Million Pages and Celebrates Historic News
April 23, 1859 proved to be one of the most exciting days in the history…
A Window to History: Hate in America
The Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection’s (CHNC) over 550 newspaper titles are broken down by categories:…
LGBTQ History Now Included in CHNC
The Colorado State Library (CSL) and History Colorado (HC) are excited to announce the addition…
Interview with OUT FRONT Magazine Co-owner, Addison Herron-Wheeler
Addison Herron-Wheeler is the editor-in-chief and co-owner of OUT FRONT Magazine (OFM), an LGBTQ magazine…